June 2, 2010

My daughter’s birthday is still two months away but because hers is a summer birthday, she got to celebrate it with her classmates in advance in school today.  She and another classmate, are the only ones who have yet to turn a year older.  They had a joint cupcake party today.

For the girls, I decorated the cupcakes with colorful, summer-y flowers.  For the boys, I made simple shark-themed cupcakes.

I had a bit of a problem making the french buttercream (frosting).  The heat made it difficult for the buttercream to form and become stiff.  It was quite stressful, I must say, as I was pressed for time.  I was afraid I’ll need wrinkle cream by the time I was done.

Everything turned out well in the end.  Whew!

I bet you don’t know what a “liyin” is.  According to my daughter, if I were an animal, I would be a “liyin” because I run fast…

Get it now?  By “liyin”, my daughter meant “lion”.  Don’t laugh if you don’t want used golf balls to be flying your way!  Hahaha!  You know how little kids are taught to spell as they pronounce or sound out the letters/syllables of a word.  I did ask her about the stripes.  I told her lions don’t have stripes.  She simply answered with her biggest, sweetest smile.  Liyin…that’s me.  Roarrrrr!

April 6, 2010

Two weeks ago, my little girl surprised me when she brought home this book from the library…

Whoa, ” Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures”!  She said she wanted to practice drawing buildings so she can be an architect just like her mommy. Awww.   The book contains step by step illustrations on how to draw famous buildings/structures, from the Empire State Building to the Taj Mahal, palaces and I think a few glass and metal buildings.  For now, my daughter is pretty sure she wants to be an architect, kinda like I was so sure I was going to be a doctor when I was her age.

April 2, 2010

How was your April first?  Did you play pranks on anybody? I don’t think I’ll ever be able to pull off even a passable April Fools prank.  Well, maybe I can, because I was able to pull off a surprise party for my Mom 3 months ago.  I did almost call up a friend ready to make up a story that I’ve accepted a job to sell health insurance in NC.  Just how lame was that?  I decided to just scratch the idea.  Hee hee.

It did feel like April Fools when my daughter came home looking like a puppy on the 101st day of school.  I sent her to school in a black and white ensemble and she came home looking like an adorable dalmatian.

Arf! Arf!

March 24, 2010

You better believe it!  We have a home salon…

I wonder what hubby’s thinking?  “How to prevent hair loss?” Hee hee.  My little girl received a salon showcase from Santa last Christmas.  It wasn’t exactly what she asked.  The one she really wanted was out of stock not being produced at that time according to Santa’s elves for, uhm, safe reasons.   The other day, my daughter asked if she’s still going to get the present she asked from Santa.  All the while, I thought she has already forgotten about it!  Hmmm….I have to check with the elves. *sigh*

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